To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Ian Heid, Associate Civil Engineer
TITLE:
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On-Call Structural Engineering Services
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Public Works Director to execute on behalf of the City an agreement with Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc., for task-order based on-call structural engineering services in an amount not to exceed $500,000.
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DISCUSSION:
The Engineering Division seeks additional consulting structural engineering to the City's design team to augment staff's design capabilities and technical expertise to effectively deliver projects within the Capital Improvement Program. This can be accomplished by using on-call structural engineering services.
In June 2021 the City published a Request for Proposals, and in July 2021 the City received four proposals from qualified firms, all of whom met the minimum qualifications presented in the Request for Proposals. The following firms submitted proposals (in alphabetical order): Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc.; Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.; Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.; and ZFA Structural Engineers.
A selection committee comprised of Engineering Division, Operations Division, and Utilities Department staff evaluated and scored each of the submitted proposals. Each firm was evaluated based on the following criteria: thoroughness of proposal, consultant experience, contract understanding, firm's expertise/capabilities and proximity to the City of Napa. After thorough review and deliberation, the Selection Committee determined that ZFA Structural Engineers, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., and Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. scored as the top three firms. Contract execution was authorized for ZFA Structural Engineers and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. by City Council at the August 17, 2021 Council Meeting.
The final contract negotiations with Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. were not co...
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